Nursing-bottle heater



' Dec..16, 1930. w. F; EDLIN 8 NURSING BOTTLE HEATER Filed NOV. 19, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l [nvenior A iiorney Dec. 16, 1930.

W. F. EDLIN" NURSING BOTTLE HEATER 19. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov.

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Attorney Patented Dec. 16, 1930 mane warren F; nnnmfenunron oirvj nnw innsnr NURsmG-nor'riin HEA ER y l Application filed November 19;;1929. Serial No; 408,303. V

This invention relates to improvements in food heaters and has particular reference to a devlce for heating-nnlkin nursing bottles,

7 Heretofore, it has been customary when heating nursing bottles containing .milk for the consumption of infants, to fill the nursing bottles with the milk or milk formula and to preserve the same on'ice until ready for use, at'which time it has been the practice to place a 1 the bottle in a pan of water which is placed upon the stove and heated by the water and rising steam therefrom. This practice vrequires a loss of time which is overcome by the use of my invention wherein the bottle to be heated is placed in a cylindrical vessel having a water chamber beneath the bottom thereof, the water contained thereinbeing capable of rapid heating to produce. steam which is exhausted through the side walls of the vessel =2 adjacent the walls of thebottleto quickly heat the contents thereof. The device may be I termed a heating utensil in which a supply of water may be'kept at all times for instant.

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Another object of the invention is to provide a bottle heaterc which is simple in construction, rapid in its action, easy of handling, and attractive in appearance. M v With these and other Ob'ectsin view, the

39 invention resides in a certain novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts,

the essential features of which are hereinafter.

and fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view'of my heat? ing device with the cover in an openpos tion. Figure 2 is an enlarged vertlcal sectional m View through the upper portion of the d6V1C6,

nal sectional view vice. c a Figure 4 is a fragmentary bottom plan view. 473 Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 55 of-Figu're 3. l Referring to thedrawings by reference characters, the'numeral 10 designates my improved nursing bottle-heater in its entirety and whichincludes a cylindrical body 11 open Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical longitudithrough the heating dev i p m l'ilyv tndedjiforfheatingr nursing la'rged 'hollovvido-me shaped base 12,'the un dersideiof the base being concaved'and provided with a seriesofi-indentations 13 to increase the heating area of the underside of the base for.rapidlyheatingfwater adapted tovbe .at its-,.top and whichis supportedupon an enplaced" in. the hollow-- base. through a .filling openin'g'lfinormally closed by asorewplug 15. The interior of the hollow base 121constitu'tes a waiter chambervrwhile the space'above the water levelwithinthe water chamber may be termeda'steam compartment for a purpose which will rpriesently be described. fThe'top of the cylindricaljbodyi 10 is closed by a dome shaped lid-or cover 16-, hinged "thereto as at 17, and provided; with I an extending manipulating fingerpiece: 18 diametrically opposite .the hinge 17 whereby the said cover maybe 1 swung toanopen positionas shown in Figure 2rof the drawing for facilitating the insertion ofa nursing bottle or container into the body the domeshaped'cover 16 is p'rovidedwith a vent opening 19 for the relief of steampres sure within the body during a heating operation, .[g 3* "a V, Rising vertically within thebody 11 against the sidewalls thereofarei tubes 20, any number ,of whichmaybe provided and which tubes are closed at their tops while their bottoms open into, the hollow basei12 for .communicationiwith the-interiorthereof, The inner side walls of; the tubes 20 are provided with openings 1 or perforations 21 whereby steam produc'edby the heatingof the water rwithinthejjbase 12 may rise upwardly through i the tubesjQOand escape. through the openings orperforations 21-to act-upon the side walls of the nursing bottle 22 ora container 23 whenjthefsame arejplaced individually into the body 11 for heating; Although the device bottlesof- ;the l;ind shown in Figure 1,

type -shown;injFigure 3, whic h "container is 7 closed by arernovable cover 2a providedwith forheating thecontents thereof." "The'top of,

the same inayalsoreceive a container128of the 7' heating milk, various other liquid foods may be placed in jthecontainer '23 for heating by r the steam acting against the walls of the C011. tainer in the mannerhereintofore mentioned. For facilitating the handling ofthe heating device, Iiprovide a bracket 26 which ismountl led upon the base 12 adj acenttlietsidewallof the body and which bracket includes adownturned hook 27, and an upstanding wall- 28 provided with a'curvedseat29. .The downturned hook 27 is-no't'ched'as master-a pu'r V 1m the interior ofsaiddome like base, said tubes extending inwardly from the sidewalls to be placed therein in spaced relation to the wallsof said body, and said tubes having perforations therein, andmeans on said base for facilitating the filling of the same with water,

substantially as and for the purpose specified. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. YV ALTER'F; EDLIN.

pose now to be describedj;Associatedwith 1 v V the bracket 26 is 'a handle member 3O which includes a wooden handxgrip 31,;one end of 7 which carries a head 32, the free end ofsaid head terminating in an'upturned hook 33,2f01

engagement with the downturned hook 27 s i and which hook 33 is provided with'a lug-34; for seating engagement in the notch 28 to prevent lateral shifting of the handle member'when in use. The head 32 is, also provided with an enlargement 35 which engages behind the wall 28 while the heador body 32 seats upon the seat 29provid'ed on the said wall, It will be seen that I'have provided a detach-' able handle member" whichmay be fixedly engaged with'the heating device tot-facilitat a i 7 ing the lifting of the same when hotto pre cool condition at all times. 1 r

I-n-nse', the device is placed upon a stove with the indented bottomof the base directly over theflame whereby the heat 'from'theflame will ot-course heatth'e water in the base a a -12 to a boiling point whereby the steamlfrom the water which accumulates above the water level will rise upwardly through the tubes 20 i andpass out of the openings21 and act against "the walls ot the bottle'or container being "heated, By providing a relatively 'fiatfibase with a largeheating surface, the oontentsfof the'basemay'be heated in ashort time and the steam therefrom exhausted within "the cylin- -drical body 11 for rapidly heating the contents of the container supportedfltherein.

While Ifhave shown"anddescribed'what'l deem to be the most desirable embodirnentof myinvention, it will beiunderstood'that vari ous changes in constructlonmay beresorted to if desired-,and I'thereforedo not limitmyi onlyby theappnded claim.

self to the exact details shown inor to anything less than the Whole-of my invention limited Having thusdes'cribedirny invention, what I claim as new and desire-tosecurebyLetters- Patent, is}:

A nursing bottle heater i comprisinga hol lowdorne' like base,a,jcylindrical bodyjrising 3 j V *c'entrallytromsaid balse,and"being open at its A ,7 top, a cover'closingithe openltop of said body, J

' spacedftub'es rising upward"fr0m,thebottom of said cylindrical body, and opening directly 0f the body for spacing a container adapted 

